409 AAA B Btry - anyone have any info?

I'm looking for information about the 409AAA.
My dad was in B Battery, part of the director crew.
What I know;
Sept 10, 1942 - date of Induction
Oct 3, 1942 - Arrives at Fort Bliss
May 8, 1943 - Boarded the USS Lyons in Norffolk Va.
May 9, 1943 - left Newport News for overseas
May 23, 1943 - Arrived in Oran North Africa
Sept 20, 1943 ( D+11 operation Avelanche) - on Italian soil at Paestrum
April 8, 1944 - Arrives in Corsica -( I think for thr invasion of southern France Operation Anvil later changed to Dragioon)
Nov 9, 1944 - Arrives in Marseilles
Jan 1, 1945 - outfit broken up, 3235 Ordnance Depot Co. formed
March 30, 1945 -Arrived in Worms Germany
July 20, 1945 - back in France, Calas prepares for trip home
Aug 3, 1945 Receives Discharge fort Indiantown Gap, Pa

My dad kept a travel log, so i have a bunch more city, towns and dates.
I know he received 4 bronze stars, but for what i don't know.

His letters are fairly vague due to censorship.
Anyone know how I can fill in the gaps, daily activity stuff.

Any idea on how to find out what the bronze stars were for?
Would a AAA batalion file an AAR or something similiar to an AAR?
And if so, do you have any idea on how to go about getting copies.

Any help would be appreciated

Larry

 

Contact the NARA, College Park. I am very confident it has records
of the 409th AAA, i.e., Unit Histories. The cost will be $0.75 per page.

The Bronze Stars may have been issued by the parent organization, the
unit to which the 409th was attached.

Do you have his DD 214, by the way?

http://ww2f.com/western-europe-1943-1945/33312-409th-aaa-battalion.html


Dave

 

Excuse my ignorance, what's a DD214?

Thanks for the lead to NARA.
Larry

 

Dave,

Thanks for the info, the link you gave me was from Aug of last year.
Is the thread still active?
How do I contact Jtay?
His dad was in Btry D, mine was in Btry B.
Looking through my dad's letters, on Oct 3, 1944 Btry B lost a baseball game to Btry D, I wonder if they played against each other.

Thanks in advance for the help, I'm new to all this.
Larry